Pencil attachment



June 10, 1930. P. RICHIE 1,763,327

PENCILATTACHMENT Filed Jurie 25,1928

C; .J 2 "I 11 INVENTOR Peier Ric/11 $9? ATTORNEY nted June 10, 1930 t i r nrnn RICHIE,

PENCl IL Arrngmyrnnr Application filed June 25, 19%. sa h. seams.-

This inventionrelates'to pen and pencil finger rest spaced from the-axis of thepen- I attachments, and more particularly to an oil, said attachmentwalso havinga cli pvfer attachment ofthis nature comprising a com engagement with;the edgegof-a pocket: Y bination finger rest and pocket clip. "Referringinowto the-drawihgs in which I .5 One object of this invention is toprovide like reference numerals denote 1co'rrespond j a device of the above nature in which the. ing parts throughout;the several-viesvs, the finger rest will afford a comfortable gripfirst step in the manu facture of th mping section for the forefinger of the writer, bination attachment-is to stamp out ;a* and in which said section will prevent rollshaped metal blankiin -the'sh ape shownin desk. seen that said blank has a pair ofopposed A further object is to provide a device of horizontal rectangular sideWingS LLO and the above nature which when used on a pen ll"-provided {with] curved -entreinities; said will positively hold it in correct writing wings '10,and ll being adaptedto beybent 15position at all times without twisting. into oppositely curved outwardly .cemgex e5 Afurther object is to provide a device of circular pencil gripping j aws as} shown in the above nature which will shield the finger Figs. 2 and of the writer from being soiled by the inked Betveen ville Wings 10 and 11 the blank portion of a pen. has a body section 12 adapted to form a the above nature which will be simple in in Figs. 2 and 3 with its sides bent forwardconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture, ly at .13 and 14 and then rearwardly and ini compact, ornamental in appearance, and wardly into contactwiththe underside of very eflicientand durable in use. the section 12 forming loops 15 and 16 there hasbeen illustrated on the accompanygripping aws 10 and 11. ing drawings one formin which the inven- By means of this construction it will be tion may be conveniently embodie'din pracseen that the finger rest 12 is spaced acon- -tice. siderable distance from the axis of the pen- 1 from which the combination finger rest and fingers. of the writers hand and. enabling pocketclip is constructed. him to write with greater comfort and less Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the comfatigue. pleted pencil attachment after it has been In order to still further add to the writers bent up from the blank shown in Fig. 1. comfort, the upper extremity 17 of the at- 85 Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of tachment is bent rearwardly slightly to form thepencil attachment as it appears whenin a support for the tip of the writers fore- 1 position upon apencil. finger, as clearly shown'in Figs. 2 and 4. y

Fig. 4 is a side view of the attachment Provision is also made of a pocket clip 18 and held in the hand of the writer. from the body section 12, said clip 18 having 3 jIt iswellknown that when writing with a depressed section 19 adapted to lie in a pen or pencil, the fingers of the writer contact with a pencil 20. The depressed.

soon before} fatigued and uncomfortable section 19 serves to form. a more rigid supsmall diameter and having sharp corners. 1y clamp the pocketwhen the pencil is not By means of the present invention the above in use. The extremity 21 of the clip 18 is y and other disadvantages have been avoided. bent outwardly away from the axis of the This has been accomplished by. providing pencil and servesto facilitate the forcing of an attachment having a wide comfortable the clip over the edge of the pocket.

10 ing of the pen or pencil when laid upon a Fig. =1. dteferring tofisaid figure itiwill be A further object is to provide a device of finger rest when bent into the shape shown no I With these and other objects in View, which are integrally connected to the curved 7 5.

Fig. 1 represents a plan view of theblank oil, thereby reducing the cramping of the 91);

as it appears when mounted on a pencil integrally connected with and depending 9nl more especially in the case of pencils of port;for the finger rest and also to effectual- 955 

